Unit II

Classical Greece Review

PericlesPericles

Leader of Athens during its GOLDEN AGE.

Pericles had 3 goals

•Make Athens more democratic by having more people serve in government. Advocate for direct democracy.

•Make Athens stronger by increasing its wealth and power by building up its Navy, strongest in the Mediterranean.

•Make Athens beautiful by buying gold, ivory, and marble to creategreat of art.

Form of government where citizens make the laws

themselves.

Form of government where only a select segment of society

participates in government.

System of government where citizens choose

(elect) representatives to make laws and run the

government.

• Location – Peninsula

• Mountainous Terrain

• Lack of natural resources

• Moderate climate (outdoor activities)

• Irregular coastline (good harbors)

• Many Islands

How did Greece’s geography affect it’s countries development?

Greek Government

• Polis (City States)

What does it mean to be a Greek city-state?

- Ancient Greeks became too overcrowded on

the Greek mainland.

- They spread out to the surrounding islands and formed colonies.

- These colonies became city-states.

Military discipline

Oligarchy

Best Army in Greece

Boys trained to be warriors

Valued Physical fitness, Isolation, obeying the

rules

Women had some rights

Arts and Learning (reading, writing, poetry, public speaking)

Direct Democracy

Best Navy

Boys trained to be thinkers

Women not considered citizens

Individualism

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Both were theStrongest inGreece

polytheistic

Persian WarPersian War• Greek vs. Persians

• Greeks unify

• Greeks win

• Form Delian League (Sparta doesn’t join)

• Athens becomes dominant (Sparta becomes jealous)

• Leads to Peloponnesian War

Peloponnesian War• War divides the Greeks

• Athens used money from the Delian League to build up its navy.

• Sparta worries that Athens will try to dominate all of Greece.

• Lasted 27 years

• Athens winning but lose a large fleet off of Syracuse and the plague kills many people

• Pericles dies because of the plague

• Sparta wins and trashes Athens

• Greek power starts to decline

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